Balance training footwear

• US 20080016722A1
• Filed: 06/28/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adam C. Battaglino
• Original Assignee: Adam C. Battaglino
• Inventors: Battaglino, Adam C.
• Application Number:
  US11/823,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20080016722A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 36/114
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/182 Helicoidal springs
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/00 Footwear for sporting purposes non-skid devices, e.g. ice-spurs or studs for football shoes, A43C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/18 Attachable overshoes for sporting purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4015 to the foot
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/16 Platforms for rocking motion about a horizontal axis , e.g. axis through the middle of the platform; Balancing drums; Balancing boards or the like exercising apparatus with cantilevered support elements pivoting about an axis A63B22/0056; other exercising apparatus for improving balance A63B26/003

Abstract

A method and apparatus for footwear that may be used for balance training or muscle strengthening, particularly, for example, in the game of golf. The footwear includes a sole having a toe portion and a heel portion, each of the toe and heel portions including an upper surface and a lower surface. The toe and heel portions may form an integrates sole and/or a coupling mechanism may be provided that adjustably couples the toe portion to the heel portion. At least one of the toe portion and heel portion includes an angled edge adjacent to the lower surface that allows pivoting of the footwear in a forward pivot direction, a backward pivot direction and/or a side cant direction. The footwear may be a sandal having straps for being worn over a shoe and/or may be incorporated into a sole during the manufacture of a shoe.

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